Putbus Castle Church

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The Christ Church (Castle Church) in Putbus
The castle church from the air (2011)
View from the east

The Christ Church Putbus is a 19th century castle church in Putbus on the island of Rügen .

history

Until 1840 Putbus belonged to the parish of Vilmnitz . It was not until 1840 that Putbus became an independent parish, which, however, did not have its own church. Public services were held in the chapel of Putbus Castle, which was destroyed in a fire along with large parts of the castle on December 23, 1865. Prince Wilhelm Malte II zu Putbus then planned the conversion of the Residenz Theater into a church. However, this failed because of the resistance of the local population, as the theater attracted numerous guests to Putbus in the summer months. Instead, the Kursaal in the palace gardens was converted into a church in 1891/92 .

This was built between 1844 and 1846 according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Gottfried Steinmeyer and replaced a dilapidated previous building built in 1817/18. After the opening of the seaside resort, it was used as a dining, game and dance salon. When the bathing business lost its importance at the end of the 19th century due to competition from the growing seaside resorts Sellin , Binz and Göhren , the Kursaal was converted into a church at the insistence of the Putbus residents. The upper floors above the adjoining rooms of the dance hall were removed and the open arcades to the dance hall were converted into windows. The northern wing was largely demolished, converted into an entrance hall and given two tower floors. The tower was built in the style of a campanile . Apartments and a sacristy (“Michaelskapelle”) were built in the southern extension . The new church was consecrated on Reformation Day in 1892 .

Storm damage and damage as a result of insufficient maintenance led to a building police closure in 1993 and the initiation of extensive renovation work. The Michaliskapelle has been used as a winter church and community hall since 1995 .

At the end of 2007, a remaining sum of € 170,000 was still open from the original renovation costs of € 3.1 million.

Exterior

The three-aisled church has a cellar at the rear. There is a church tower at the northern extension . The surrounding windows in the upper storey are arched.

Since Putbus Castle was demolished in the early 1960s, the Castle Church has been the largest and, along with the orangery, also the most important building in the castle park. With its late classical forms and the basilica cross-section, the church is structurally clearly different from the other church buildings on Rügen, which were mostly built as brick churches. In terms of architectural style, the church is also unique in comparison with the other buildings in the city.

Furnishing

Overall, the church has a comparatively simple interior, including two candlesticks that were rescued from the castle fire in 1865. Above the altar is a tympanum made from polished granite columns . The altarpiece by Daniele Crespi , which shows Jesus being deposed from the cross, was recovered from the castle in 1865, as were the altar lights from the 18th century and the two wooden sculptures of John the Baptist and St. Roch from the 15th century. The former bears the baptismal bowl from the 17th century, the latter the Easter candle. The pulpit was created by a local cabinet maker based on the model of the pulpit in the Franciscan Church of Santa Croce in Florence.

organ

organ

The organ was made in 1892 by Barnim Grüneberg (Stettin). The instrument, which was originally arranged in a fundamental tone, has been tonally redesigned several times, the last time in 1970 when six 8 ' registers were replaced by Rudolf Böhm ( Gotha ). In 1995 the organ was completely overhauled by the organ builder Rainer Wolter . It has 13 stops on two manuals and a pedal on mechanical cone chests . The changes made in 1970 are shown in brackets.

I. Manual C–
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Quintad 8th' (Flauto 8 ′)
4th octave 4 ′
5. Forest flute 2 ′ (Viola di Gamba 8 ′)
6th Mixture IV (Mixture III)
II. Manual C–
7th Dumped 8th'
8th. recorder 4 ′ (Flauto dolce 4 ′)
9. Super octave 2 ′ (Violin principal 8 ′)
10. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ (Salicional 8 ′)
11. Sharp III (Aeoline 8 ′)
Pedal C–
12. Sub-bass 16 ′
13. Pomeranian 8 ′ (Octave bass 8 ′)

Bells

The three steel bells were cast in Bochum in 1893 .

local community

The Protestant parish of Putbus has been part of the Stralsund Propstei in the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany since 2012 . Before that she belonged to the Stralsund parish of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church .

gallery

  • View to the altar

  • altar

  • pulpit

See also

literature

  • Parish church council Putbus: Castle church in the park to Putbus. Putbus 2007. (leaflet)
  • Jana Olschewski: The Protestant church building in the Prussian administrative district Stralsund 1815-1932. An investigation into the typology and style of the architecture of historicism in Western Pomerania. (= Contributions to the history of architecture and the preservation of monuments in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. Volume 6). Schwerin 2006, ISBN 3-931185-94-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sebastian Wamsiedler: The organs of the Protestant Christ Church in Putbus (Rügen). (PDF; 103 kB) Sebastian Wamsiedler bell expert, accessed on October 25, 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Schlosskirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 1 ″  N , 13 ° 28 ′ 5 ″  E